Comic Book Reviews for 2/2/11

Iron Man shines, Transformers vs. zombies, and the Aquawar begins.

Last week was rough on the wallets for every comic book fan with its massive amount of quality titles. This week mixes things up a bit with a fairly light load that is heavy in variety. As always, the IGN Review Crew is here to help you narrow down that pull list and in turn, save you some dollars.

And if you're looking to find out our absolute, must-read book of the week, the only place to find that is in the IGN Comics Newsletter:

As always, we grade on a 20-point scale from 1-10, with a longer analysis for the most anticipated books of the week. Read on!

"So far this new ongoing Batman Beyond series feels more like the original animated show than the previous mini-series did. Where the last series was heavily rooted in past Batman canon, this new series feels fresh and much more approachable for new readers. And in classic Batman Beyond style, there is a new take on a classic villain concept to further flesh out Batman Beyond's mythology." -Erik Click to read the entire review!

Final Score:

7.0

"Aquaman's story has long been the best part of Brightest Day. That's why issue #19 of the series can be considered one of the strongest yet: dedicating fifteen of the issue's twenty pages to the start of the "Aquawar." This is the issue where everything comes to a head for Aquaman, Jackson, Mera, Black Manta and Siren. The entire 15-page sequence goes by in a flash thanks to great dialogue and expertly drawn action sequences by the issue's four person art squad." -Erik Click to read the entire review!

Final Score:

8.5

"When I picked up DC Universe Online: Legends I wasn't sure what I was getting into. For starters, I don't play the DC Universe Online video game. Therefore, DCU Online: Legends had to stand on its own two feet as an entertaining comic book story, not merely some companion piece that only caters to those heavily invested in the PC and PS3 video game. Having now read DC Universe Online: Legends #1 I can happily say it caters to both fanbases -- setting up an interesting universe back-story for the gamers who are invested in, while also giving the comic-only crowd an Elseworlds-type event series worth checking out." -Erik Click to read the entire review!

Final Score:

7.0

"Jonah Hex is not a series I pull every month. If I walk into my local shop and have a light week or see an interesting artist attached to the series, I'll pick it up. This has happened a handful of times now, and every time I flip to the last page of a Jonah Hex issue I kick myself for not having picked up this series on a regular basis." -Erik Click to read the entire review!

Final Score:

8.0

"Gail Simone continues to write with a rapid-fire sense of wit that has me starting to wonder if she's a robot. There are just so many jokes, innuendos and quips peppered throughout Secret Six #30 that it wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if it was revealed that Simone was indeed a literal joke machine." -Erik Click to read the entire review!